All the small things - tell me what you have done to be MF today

Catseyes777

Hello!

Well the usual for me for the last 2 days (phones charged at work, Tiki/ Sun/ TAB, packed lunches)

+ yesterday:

* Did some surveys and withdrew a £10 amazon voucher - I think I may have some moths in the spare bedroom so decided to use the vouchers to buy some goodies to kill the evil things
* Felt all happy thanks to the sunshine and impulsively invited loads of people round for a BBQ on Sunday... However, used £10 worth of Nectar points to go towards the cost of feeding them so should actually work out quite cheap
* I am supposedly better off by £9 a month thanks to the new tax change but I still cannot get my head around why (or how it is even possible that) my taxable income is more than my gross income???????

And today:

* NSD

curlygirl1971

* Free Brekkie at work (If an oat bar counts)

* BOE Base rate held - updated my mortgage spreadsheet to reflect - which is good as I'd put in a possible rise for this month

* Charging phone at work

Catseyes777

curlygirl1971 wrote: »

* BOE Base rate held - updated my mortgage spreadsheet to reflect - which is good as I'd put in a possible rise for this month

I have just seen that and really happy with that too...
whilst I am extremely lucky to have picked a lender who actually passed on the cut, I didnt want it to go up just yet...:)

curlygirl1971

* Rooted through BF's Asda Receipts and did price check on them all
* Doing an 'evening job' tonight.....it's really a social thing but the manager gives me £20 for helping out once in a blue moon
* So instead of spending £4.50 on Petrol going home and there, I'm sat at my desk eating an Innocent Veg Pot (£1.74 Half price offer at Tescos), so that I can go straight there - makes it a long day though
* Entered Innocent Veg Pots Comp

The comp is for the chance to win a selection of pots delivered to your work place to share with your collegues (yeah right!)

Email your name, work address, tel no., and number of people working there to:-

[EMAIL="officebrowniepoints@innocentdrinks.co.uk"]officebrowniepoints@innocentdrinks.co.uk[/EMAIL]

It says, if you're not in an office, send your details anyway and you may win some vouchers.

originalmiscellany

Some dubious savings today!
a) OP 15p.
b) Upgraded my BT broadband to super fast (apparently) - I am telling myself it'll be a saving in the long term, but can't really justify it yet.
c) Bought some cheap phones off ebay - seconds, and really cheap with a good amazon review rather than buy them new, as we really never use the phones.
d) Am having a very cheap week at work - been ill for 2 days - no lunch or tea - boo! And am having lunch made for me tomorrow - and today were free sandwiches from the bosses. Total of £1.89 for the week. Winner.
e) Will cash in my pot of small change on Saturday at Sainsburys (other supermarkets do exist) - hoping for £20 or so. I put in £.67 into that today from my small change.
f) Emailed officebrowniepoints@innocentdrinks.co.uk to see if I can get a freebie (see post above)
g) £8 of Tesco vouchers received too (Just read that in Summerday's post below)

Nothing major

summerday

This is my 2nd posting on here in a week. Steady on summerday!

Not that I've achieved huge amounts but it all helps I guess:

-Posted off a few ink cartidges from DH's work, the Recycling Factory give good rates for some of the cartridges they use, just over £3 for some. So hopefully will get £15 ish.

-Posted off a dress I sold on Ebay.

-Found the microwavable sachets of rice I buy for work most days at £1.30 each in supermarkets for only 79p each in Aldi! Result! I will stock up after the Easter hols.

-Received £23 worth of Clubcard vouchers today in post, boosted by us using Tesco credit card on everyday expenses. Will save up the points to use either on mag subscriptions for myself or gifts, or on theatre tokens for family birthdays via Airmiles.

-Ordered some library books for our trip to Paris next week instead of buying books.

-Have found our veg seeds ready to plant lettuce, toms, peppers and will look for some cheap flower seeds at the weekend, French marigolds hopefully. This is money saving as I nearly filled in an order form for garden-ready flowers before realising how unnecessary that would be, especially as we have a greenhouse!!

-Bought a pair of running shoes from Aldi for only £15, look good quality and I'm determined to start running or at least jogging. This will be part of my healthy living regime I intend to start very soon. I had a really good piece of news at the Doctors this week and it's been a huge relief to me after months of worrying... so I'm going to make the most of my health, I feel so completely different about my future now.

-Babysat Mon nite and earned £17, also babysitting tomorrow night. Will take marking work with me to get it out of the way.

That's all folks, hope you're all enjoying the sunshine, long may it last! x

museumworker

Today I:
* confirmed DD's school will take childcare vouchers for after school club :j! That will save us between £600-800 pa.
* asked if they also take them for breakfast club
* found 3 life changing pennies (lcp's from now on me thinks!)
* claimed back for late tube from tfl
* hm lunch, and dinner from freezer
* went to library and got them to cancel a 72p fine I wouldn't have got if the staff had renewed ALL of my books when I asked them to!
* booked dd and I onto a free science show over the school holidays

viola_brandywine

Not posted for over a week so must try harder. This is for today:

Good:
* Taken last night's leftover gnocchi and roasted veggies to work for lunch instead of buying
* Got confirmation of new ISA opened
* Bought fabric and pattern to make a nice top instead of buying new ones for the summer
* Went for a nice walk on lunch break to get exercise

Bad:
* Bought bar of chocolate from vending machine
* Wine on a work night

liuhut

Well, got back from hols to the pile of post.... had won 3 lots of giftcards worth $150 for the supermarket so spent them on the weekly shop. OH then gets back from work with another giftcard for £120 which can be spent at a few places but I reckon I will use it for next weeks shopping.
OH is working 30 hours overtime over the next two weeks so that will be good as we did spend a little bit more than we meant to on our hols.
Entered some more comps this morning.
Got the kids a home today as its the start of the school hols, going to do some baking with them later after we have been to the park....walking there of course!

Thats me for now!
L x

singlemum_to_3

:coffee: morning all thought i would make you all a coffee or tea,

well have been lurking for a while now, but have posted on greenmoneysaving, and now need to up my game and get rid of my debt/mortgage, i owe
250K aprox will have to get full figures over the next weekend, this is split between a mortgage of 100K fixed at 7.99% till this oct i have left about 98 - 99K and the rest is buying out my nwley EX OH ( he left me for a bit of stuff in spain where he has a holiday home!!! :mad: and that was after 9+yrs,) so am left with a very lg mortgage 3 kids( they r not his but from my first and only marageof 9 yrs.....yes i know there is a theam running here:o ) the kids r DS9, DS13 autistic , DS15autistic, and a three leged cat,
i cant move as i run my shop and ebay buisnes from home which is a large barn conversion and i need to invest my money in it so that when im gone:A i have something to leave the boys to help support them well mainly the oldes two as the future for them is uncertain!
so the plan is :
daily clicks
grow veg
sell veg
sell plants
ebay every thing not nailed down:rotfl:
ebay made vintage style craft things
run my shop as best as i can
cutback cutback cutback:eek:
no tumble dryer
etc
hopefully this and my garden and the boys will help over the heartache and help me sleep
its all a bit scary being on my own at 45 and very lonly....
sorry its a long post just needed to do something.
well im going to sew atleast 2 things for ebay a day which is a good start
and my sister is managing all my money..i couldnt do it without her and cant thank her enough so if she reads this a big big thankyou:kisses: as i know she lurks here sometimes!!

of now and sorry for the long post.

r there any other single mums out there who have got through this?!!!!